Apparatus for pari-mutuel racing game with finish order betting

• US 10,325,443 B2
• Filed: 05/12/2017
• Issued: 06/18/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 10/06/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: CFPH LLC (Cantor Fitzgerald, L.P.)
• Original Assignee: CFPH LLC (Cantor Fitzgerald, L.P.)
• Inventors: Gelman, Geoffrey M., Alderucci, Dean P.
• Primary Examiner(s): Gibson, Randy W
• Application Number:
  US15/593,907
• Publication Number:
  US 20170309115A1
• Time in Patent Office: 767 Days
• Field of Search: 177199, 177200
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/1038 Measuring plantar pressure during gait
• CPC Class Codes: G01G 17/08 for weighing livestock
• CPC Class Codes: G01G 19/414 using electronic computing means only
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/32 for games, toys, sports, or amusements
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3248 involving non-monetary media of fixed value, e.g. casino chips of fixed value
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3288 Betting, e.g. on live events, bookmaking

Abstract

In various embodiments, a device may test the health of race participants in order to ensure the fairness of a bet on an order of finish.

Claims

1. A scale comprising

a plurality of weight sensors;

a communications port;

a display device;

at least one processor to;

detect a plurality of weight readings from the plurality of weight sensors;

compare the plurality of weight readings;

identify whether a pair of the weight readings diverge by more than a predetermined threshold;

render on the display device an indication of an injury, if the pair of the weight readings diverge by more than a predetermined threshold; and

transmit, via the communication port, the indication of the injury to a server enabled to compute racing odds based at least partially on the injury indication.

2. The scale of claim 1, wherein a given weight sensor is configured to transmit a weight reading to the at least one processor periodically.

3. The scale of claim 2, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to compute an average of weight readings received periodically from the given weight sensor.

4. The scale of claim 1, wherein the plurality of weight sensors are four weight sensors.

5. The scale of claim 1, wherein a given weight sensor is configured to transmit a weight reading to the at least one processor every sixty seconds.

6. The scale of claim 1, wherein the predetermine threshold is ten percent.

7. The scale of claim 1, wherein the at least one processor is configured to render weight determinations and a percentage of difference between the weight determinations on the display device.

8. The scale of claim 1, wherein a weight reading from a given weight sensor is a function of time.

9. A method comprising

detecting, by at least one processor, a plurality of weight readings from a plurality of weight sensors;

comparing, by the at least one processor, the plurality of weight readings;

identifying, by the at least one processor, whether a pair of the weight readings diverge by more than a predetermined threshold;

rendering, by the at least one processor, an indication of an injury on a display device, if the pair of the weight readings diverge by more than a predetermined threshold; and

transmitting, by the at least one processor, the indication of the injury to a server enabled to compute racing odds based at least partially on the injury indication.

10. The method of claim 9, further comprising receiving, by the at least one processor, a weight reading from a given weight sensor periodically.

11. The method of claim 10, further comprising computing, by the at least one processor, an average of weight readings received periodically from the given weight sensor.

12. The method of claim 9, wherein the plurality of weight sensors are four weight sensors.

13. The method of claim 9, further comprising receiving, by the at least one processor, a weight reading from a given weight sensor every sixty seconds.

14. The method of claim 9, wherein the predetermine threshold is ten percent.

15. The method of claim 9, further comprising rendering, by the at least one processor, weight determinations and a percentage of difference between the weight determinations on the display device.

16. The method of claim 9, wherein a weight reading from s given weight sensor is a function of time.